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vercmp - version comparison utility
vercmp [-h] [--help] <version1> <version2>
vercmp is used to determine the relationship between two given version numbers. It outputs values as follows:
Version comparison operates as follows:
Alphanumeric:
1.0a < 1.0b < 1.0beta < 1.0p < 1.0pre < 1.0rc < 1.0 < 1.0.a < 1.0.1 Numeric:
1 < 1.0 < 1.1 < 1.1.1 < 1.2 < 2.0 < 3.0.0
Additionally, version strings can have an epoch value defined that will overrule any version comparison, unless the epoch values are equal. This is specified in an epoch:version-rel format. For example, 2:1.0-1 is always greater than 1:3.6-1.
Keep in mind that the pkgrel is only compared if it is available on both versions given to this tool. For example, comparing 1.5-1 and 1.5 will yield 0; comparing 1.5-1 and 1.5-2 will yield < 0 as expected. This is mainly for supporting versioned dependencies that do not include the pkgrel.
-h, --help
$ vercmp 1 2 -1
$ vercmp 2 1 1
$ vercmp 2.0-1 1.7-6 1
$ vercmp 2.0 2.0-13 0
$ vercmp 4.34 1:001 -1
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| 2022-11-21 | Pacman 6.0.2 |